Introducing Charlotte.

Without further ado, here is my new girl, her name is Charlotte.

My butt is currently parked here and I couldn’t be more comfortable.

She is petite, pink-ish, totally NOT me and I LOVE her.

The pillows she came with have pink flowers on them. I DON’T DO FLORALS! Sorry to scream about the florals but dang! I snagged these two pillows off my couch and the black in them helps the little black table make sense.

I may darken her legs because we are having a bit of a color clash between the floor, table and the legs but, I am so in love with Charlotte. I know what you are thinking, “She said she doesn’t buy upholstered furniture used?” Charlotte is PRISTINE! I think she may have been reupholstered and spent her life in some rich lady’s sitting room, never being used.

Here is another view.

This space if you remember is My Nook, which I talk about here and even with a furniture change out its still horribly under accessorized. I have an idea to deal with the HUGE blank space above Charlotte, which is a three part deal.

One I found at ETSY which is on it’s way now. When I have two of the three parts, I will put it up because I think the third part may take FOREVER to stumble upon. BTW…How much do you LOVE Etsy?! I am in this crazy 70s obsessed mode right now (Joey thinks I am crazy). This 70s mode has my mom (Thanks Mommy! Love you!) digging out wall hangings that hung in EVERY house I grew up in. I want them hanging in my house.

Etsy and a 70s tangent??

Let’s get back to Charlotte.

Here’s a closer look with my favorite male model.

Look at those freaking nail heads!!! Oh and his aunt does rock!

Please tell me you love Charlotte too?

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BNO – Retraction: I’m sorry Jennifer

If you remember I blamed Jennifer here for inspiring people to misspell
their children’s names to make them unique.

I was WRONG.

This has been happening for at least 100 years and probably longer. What
do they say? “Every generation thinks they need to re-invent the wheel?” I
googled it and it doesn’t pop up, I am sure it is something like that.

ANYWHO…

A random sampling from 1910:

We have Stephanie with the “unique” spellings of Stephenie and Stephany.

Dorothy/Dorothye/Dorothey/Dorothee/Dorothe/Dorethea
Bobbi/Bobbie/Bobby/Bobbye/Bobie/Bobbe
Jennette/Jannette/Jenett/Jennett/Jeanett/Jenetta/Jeanetta/Jenette

This tells me that people have always tried to be “unique”.

OR

The literacy rates in 1910 were a lot lower and people guessed at the
spelling giving them a free pass and the people of 2011 are just trying
too hard. 😉

P.S. I figured out what “they” actually say. Science fiction author
among other things Robert Heinlein said “Every generation thinks it
invented sex”.

I was close right?!

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Suicide watch; all day every day!

For all my fellow mothers of toddlers or young babies; do you ever feel like you are on 24/7 suicide watch?

Leo is a mover these days. He can scoot from one side of the room to the other which means child proofing.

Multi-level condo makes this difficult due to the stairs which have an outdated railing that is definitely not up to code.

Joey came up with the excellent idea of pushing the sofa up against the stairs which kills two birds with one stone. Bird one blocking the stairs and bird two opening up the space giving Leo a large area to play in.

Ignore the weird blurry spot on the stairs; I left a part of my secret project there. Don’t judge me on the couch either. It’s not mine and I hate it. 🙂

See that little space to the right of the couch? No? Leo did.

Look at those TEETH!

When did that kid learn to go up stairs?! Did he dream about it the night before and put it into practice?!

Joey was loading the dishwasher and stepped away for a moment to grab some dishes off of the table and look where the monster ended up.

Busted and he gives me that look!

He always LOVES LOVES LOVES electrical cords. He wants them in his mouth. I did not snap any pictures of this because I’m not about letting him electrocute himself for a blog post photo.

Please tell me I am not alone on this suicide watch crap?

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PD #8 – Daddy’s girl

Watching this man play with his little girl made my train ride home. I know it’s blurry, but he was “attacking” her with her filthy well loved ducky and she was squealing with laughter. Awww.

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CP Visit

Tuesday, Leo and I made ourselves scarce so Joey could get some work done.

We went to BuyBuyBaby to check out high chairs.

Decided on this one.

High chairs are awesome. You know it!

Then to CP!

Gave you the lowdown about CP here.

Some of the items we saw last time were still there: green couch, man cave couch, and the lovely 80s glass table.

There was a ton of new stuff that made me weak in the knees and cursing the fact that I don’t have a big house and lots of used furniture money. 😉

Note: all photos SBI; I would feel conspicuous whipping out Joey’s Rebel, plus I had wiggle worm Johnson (aka Leo) in my arms.

Ok ok getting to the good stuff now.

This table was solid wood, gate leg (gasp! Gate legs do it for me), drop leaf in a dark stain. Probably weighed 500 L Bs.

Don’t you want to flip that side up and eat some chow?!

The dresser, I have in my bedroom is similar but pales in comparison to this beauty.

This gf is swoon worthy!

These chairs were a bit low for my taste but actually very comfortable. A coat of dove gray paint with a black and white print on the seat or do something bold and do a navy paint with an orange and yellow print will spruce these bad boys right up.

I know I am teasing, but my newest baby is still at the still at the store. Mama will bring her home on the weekend.

P.S. I might start hooking to make some used furniture money! 😉

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COD #1

Scared you for a second there, didn’t I?

No, I am not a gamer and I am not referring to Call of Duty.

My COD = Compliment of the Day. (sarcasm font)

Compliment of the Day is one of those things that people say to you that they really shouldn’t or is phrased in a way that just doesn’t sound right.

Here are some examples from when I was pregnant (I’m sure all you moms out there can relate):

“WOW, last time I saw you I didn’t think you could get any bigger. Boy, was I wrong.”

Ummm…thanks, you old sea hag.

“I just noticed how small your boobies are, you sure there is only one baby in there?”

Wait, what? Breast size has correlation to number of fetuses?! This came from a woman who has never had children.

So, without further delay here is COD #1.

We watched Larry Crowne on demand tonight.

If you haven’t seen it I won’t give any spoilers but Julia Roberts plays a disenchanted college professor who is quite angry, bitter, bitchy, jaded, and a bit of a lush.

My oh so lovely husman says “She has the same personality as you.”

Thanks babe!

Update: Joey informed me that most normal people would think COD was cash on delivery before Call of Duty. Those people weren’t married to a video game addict. I still have dreams where I hear “Locked and Loaded”; stab me in the face! 😉

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PD #7

Sneak peek of my latest acquisition!

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AD #5

The plan: Roseville

– Habitat for Humanity Restore

– Hobby Lobby

– Napa (bimonthly pickup)

Not every plan actually works out and often times it turns into a comedy of errors (I’ll have to tell you about our biggest one ever later).

This AD falls into the latter category.

We drove to Roseville which is a suburb of Sacramento and is only a destination because of the two stores I listed above.

Half way there we realized that we forgot the ergo and the stroller. Good planning guys.

I had forgotten that I had a telephone meeting scheduled with a career counselor at one. We had just passed our destination (Joey is an AWFUL navigator) when she called me.

45 bang my head on the damn steering wheel frustrating minutes later we were on our way.

The Roseville Restore is in this HUGE industrial park and is incredibly hard to find.

We finally arrive and this is what we see.

WTF?! Super bummer and I feel dumb. Who drives 80 miles without checking store times?!

Sigh….

We regroup and head to the Hobby Lobby.

We look up the directions and once again drive past our destination (guess who is navigating?).

My mission is to find things for current and future projects.

I was feeling aggravated and stressed due to the career counselor call and could not focus on the task at hand.

Over the past year or so I collected some items to create a shadow box of sorts for a friend of ours. Joey squashed the idea telling me that he thinks shadow boxes are super lame.

Sigh….

I bought a regular frame and laid it out, what do you think?

Sorry for the Bad IPhone pic (SBI)

Leo is always a big hit wherever we go, “look at all that hair” yada yada yada.

This marvelous day our handsome little boy dressed in BLUE was referred to as a female TWICE.

Sigh….

Bright spot of the day: we stumble upon this super cute find.

Leo the Photobomber liked them too!

At 50% off giving us a “It’s a deal Silvia” at less than 8 smackers, I think they will make a great addition to the nursery.

We stopped for lunch at Chevy’s which I pronounce incorrectly as Che-vies like Chevy Chase.

Nothing makes a day better than some chips & salsa and some beer.

Leo got a little jealous and grabbed onto Joey’s beer and dumped the entire glass into his face and all over his outfit.

Sigh….

At the end of the day we had 180 miles under our belts to go to a craft store and eat a chain restaurant.

Even though things didn’t go the way I had planned (I plan like Joey navigates) we spent the day together as a family.

What is better than that?

For future ADs I will leave the planning to Joey and handle the navigation myself.

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My Lafayette love affair.

Near where we live is the Lafayette Reservoir which has: a reservoir (duh!), walking path, playground, fishing docks, and picnic areas. I really really love it! It is so beautiful and such a relaxing place to go.

Beautiful!

The lower walking path is a 2.7 mile loop with lots of hills; perfect for a crying when you finally reach the top great exercise.

There are mommy stroller groups.

People with their dogs

and RUNNERS! I couldn’t get a good photo of a runner that wasn’t blurry. Haha!

I forgot the paddle boats; we are going to check that out when Leo is a little bit older.

Joey took me there when we first moved here and I wanted to kill him.

I was enormous and it was freaking HOT!

September 2011

June 2012

Threw this one in because I love seeing a man with a stroller!

Of course Leo had to make an appearance.

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PD #6

My poor baby was sick for two days with a fever of 101.

No other symptoms and the nurse line gave us advice as to what to look for an when we need to take him in.

This was his first time being sick and it made us worry so much. He was lethargic and just wanted to be held and have his back patted.

Fever broke this morning and he is once again our independent, babbling little monster. 🙂

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